| The Gothic Novel: A Selection of Critical Essays 1990 Edition Contributor(s): Sage, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333344804 ISBN-13: 9780333344804 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 823.087 |
| Series: Casebooks |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.50 lbs) 183 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume in the novels section of casebooks surveys the rise and development of the Gothic tale of mystery and horror, from the mid-19th century to the eve of the Victorian period. The editor's introduction traces the development of the genre and its relation to contemporary aesthetic and literary movements and assesses the 18th and 19th centuries and the modern critical responses to it. Particular attention is given to the cardinal place in this literary genre of Walpole's Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, Lewis' The Monk, Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. |